Mattituck High School - Reflector Yearbook (Mattituck, NY)

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Sf DAY AT M. H. S. Old M. H. S. now dear to us Has seen her students flutter and fuss When January or June draws near; And some come very near to fear As they think of the counts that will be lost If a certain passing mark is not crossed. But some with never a thought or glance Waste the noontime hour with song and dance And when the day for quarterlies comes They hurriedly study picking the crumbs Of knowledge they should have garnered before, Eagerly striving for marks as of yore. Before the piano went into the gym They spent most noons like those of him Who passed at the top in both class and exam, And with care reasoned out the syntax of poenam, Which in other than Caesar is hard to relate Except for Miss Boice who in dreams can translate. The last period after lunch Miss Brown teaches quite some bunch For of all the classes through the live long day The best is the government of the U. S. A. But the best time of all since at nine we met Is after three thirty when all we may forget. N. B. HEARD IN LATIN II CLASS “Lyndon, give the principal parls of the verbs meaning, to skate, also failio.” Lyndon: “Skato, slipere, falli bumptus,—oh!” Failio, failire, flunki, suspendusi.

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GIRL SCOUTS Motto: “Be Prepared.” The Mattituck Girl Scouts organized in November with the following officers: Eloise Butterfield, Captain Hope Duryee, Lieutenant Patrol Leaders—Eva Young, Norma Beebe Corporals—Helen McNulty, Alice B. Case Secretary—Anita McNulty Treasurer—Alice B. Case SCOUT ACTIVITIES During the past year the Scouts have had several social events. Among them was a Valentine’s Eve Dance which proved very successful both financially and socially. During the winter months they sold hot chocolate in the school and also gave two dinners. The proceeds from one of these dinners was given to the school for the piano fund. A. C. They used to turn the gas down low, So they could not be seen, But courtship in these modern days Is more like this, I ween; An auto in a country road A broken down machine, A pair of occupants who then Turn down the gasoline.

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CLASS SONG 1919 Words by “Ben Ives”. Music by “Estelle Vreeland”. There’s a pleasant little seat in old Mattituck school Where I’ve passed many happy hours away, A sitting and a sighing beside the window clear, Where spreads away the charming view. Chorus: O, my dear old school we are going far away And we’ll he pining all the day, For we’re going from the scenes of our youthful hours. Since the lessons now are finished and the books are worn out too, Then we’ll take our little kit bags And we’ll drift far away in the sweet bye and bye, While our comrades sweetly bid “adieu”. NOT THE KIND OF ECONOMICS OUR JUNIORS PRACTISE Our last months gas bill was a bird. Said Marjorie to her beau The young man rose for whse was he, And turned the gas down low. Miss Brown in English IV: “Why is ‘Hamlet’ called a ‘Romantic Tragedy’, Hope?” Hope: “Because it’s a love story.” Miss Boice: “Well, Cecil, I see you have a new oc- cupation.” Cecil: “What’s that?” Miss Boice: “Talk- ing to the girls.